# 硫

| 硫 | U+786B, &#30827; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-786B |
| ← 硪 [U+786A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 硬 → [U+786C] |
| 硫 | U+F9CE, &#63950; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CE |
| ← 留 [U+F9CD] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 紐 → [U+F9CF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

硫 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口卜戈山 (MRYIU), four-corner 1061$_3$, composition ⿰石㐬)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24229
* Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2435, character 1
* Unihan data for U+786B
* Unihan data for U+F9CE

## Chinese

* 硫 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 硫 (Cantonese)
* 硫 (Classical)
* 硫 (Gan)
* 硫 (Wu)

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 流 | *ru |
| 硫 | *ru |
| 琉 | *ru |
| 旒 | *ru |
| 瑬 | *ru |
| 裗 | *ru |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ru) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + abbreviated phonetic 流 (OC *ru).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Derivative: 鋶／锍 (liǔ, “sulfonium”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liú (liu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lieu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liú
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
*** Wade–Giles: liu$^2$
*** Yale: lyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
*** Palladius: лю (lju)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^4$
*** Yale: làuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù
*** Hakka Romanization System: liu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
*** Tâi-lô: liû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû
*** Sinological IPA : /liu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lieu
*** MiniDict: lieu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ²³/
* Middle Chinese: ljuw
Rime :
| Character | 硫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力求切 |
| Baxter | ljuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /luw/ |
| Li Rong | /liu/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ru/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 硫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8336 |
| Phonetic component | 流 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 劉 |
| Old Chinese | /*ru/ |

### Definitions

硫
* (chemistry) sulfur

### Compounds

* 三氧化硫 (sānyǎnghuàliú)
* 二氧化硫 (èryǎnghuàliú)
* 二氯化二硫 (èrlǜhuà'èrliú)
* 二氯化硫 (èrlǜhuàliú)
* 二甲基硫醚 (èrjiǎjīliúmí)
* 二甲硫醚 (èrjiǎliúmí)
* 二硫鍵 / 二硫键 (èrliújiàn)
* 亞硫酐 / 亚硫酐
* 亞硫酸 / 亚硫酸 (yàliúsuān)
* 亞硫酸鹽 / 亚硫酸盐 (yàliúsuānyán)
* 硫化 (liúhuà)
* 硫化氫 / 硫化氢 (liúhuàqīng)
* 硫化物 (liúhuàwù)
* 硫化鈉 / 硫化钠 (liúhuànà)
* 硫化銀 / 硫化银 (liúhuàyín)
* 硫磺 (liúhuáng)
* 硫磺島 / 硫磺岛 (Liúhuángdǎo)
* 硫磺泉
* 硫磺群島 / 硫磺群岛
* 硫磺谷
* 硫胺素 (liú'ànsù)
* 硫脲 (liúniào)
* 硫酸 (liúsuān)
* 硫酸菸鹼 / 硫酸烟碱
* 硫酸鈣 / 硫酸钙 (liúsuāngài)
* 硫酸鉀 / 硫酸钾 (liúsuānjiǎ)
* 硫酸銀 / 硫酸银 (liúsuānyín)
* 硫酸鐵 / 硫酸铁 (liúsuāntiě)
* 硫酸鹽 / 硫酸盐 (liúsuānyán)
* 硫醚 (liúmí)
* 硫黃 / 硫黄 (liúhuáng)
* 雙硫鍵 / 双硫键 (shuāngliújiàn)

### References

* “硫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02837

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* sulfur

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)
* Kun: いおう (iō, 硫)

#### Compounds

* 硫黄(いおう) (iō): sulfur
* 硫黄島(いおうじま) (Iōjima): Iwo Jima (Satsunan island chain)
* 硫黄島(いおうとう) (Iōtō): Iwo Jima (Ogasawara island chain)
* 硫安(りゅうあん) (ryūan): ammonium sulphate
* 硫化(りゅうか) (ryūka): sulphuration
* 硫酸(りゅうさん) (ryūsan): sulphuric acid

## Korean
### Hanja

硫 (eum 류 (ryu), word-initial (South Korea) 유 (yu))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

硫: Hán Nôm readings: lưu
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